US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Jan. 27 for "Methods for analyzing intermolecular interactions in microcrystals" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,437, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Methods for analyzing intermolecular interactions in microcrystals" was invented by Tamir Gonen (Los Angeles) and Michael Martynowycz (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of introducing a small molecule into a crystal of a macromolecule, of obtaining a microcrystal having a macromolecule and a small molecule from a crystal of the macromolecule, of determining a structural model for a complex having a macromolecule and a small molecule, of identifying a small molecule that complexes with a macromolecule, and of screen...